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CBJ reports three new COVID-19 cases in Juneau

May 5, 2021 – News

The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center is reporting three new residents identified with COVID-19 in Juneau. Public Health is attributing one case to secondary transmission and the other two are under investigation. The cluster associated with the private event is still at six active cases.

Cumulatively, Juneau has had 1,295 residents test positive for COVID-19 and 158 nonresidents. There are 22 active cases in Juneau and 1,426 individuals have recovered. All individuals with active cases of COVID-19 are in isolation. There is currently one person with COVID-19 hospitalized at Bartlett Regional Hospital.

Statewide, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) reports 146 new people identified with COVID-19 – 144 are residents and two are nonresidents. Alaska has had 65,908 cumulative resident cases of COVID-19 and a total of 2,758 nonresidents.